Auburn University
at Montgomery
Public College in Montgomery, AL. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $44,391.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $44,391 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 2.4% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 92% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool runs to 2,694, typical for a school of this reach. Only 15% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 6% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 538–603 | 20 (6%) |
| SAT Math | 498–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 237 (65%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 68% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. With 32% transferring out, this functions substantially as a stepping stone. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,691 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $13,945 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $11,706 at $0–30k, $16,117 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 79% of students at an average of $8,555. 47% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 408 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,706 |
| $30–48k | $12,309 |
| $48–75k | $13,202 |
| $75–110k | $17,387 |
| $110k+ | $16,117 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,252 of these 2,691 students, totalling $8,893,139 — an average of $7,103 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Montgomery County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)